From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grouper \Group"er\, noun [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. {Garbupa}.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus {Epinephelus}, of the family {Serranid[ae]}, as the red grouper, or brown snapper ({Epinephelus morio}), and the black grouper, or warsaw ({Epinephelus nigritus}), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail ({Lobotes}). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also {groper}, {gruper}, and {trooper}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.
2. A state police officer; -- also called {state trooper}. [U. S.] [PJC]
3. A mounted policeman. [Australia]
Note: The {black troopers} of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{like a trooper}, with energy, endurance, or enthusiasm; as, to work like a trooper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: {cavalryman}]
3: a state police officer [syn: {state trooper}]
4: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount" [syn: {cavalryman}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "trooper": Cheka, FBI, G-man, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, cavalryman, charger, chief of police, commissioner, constable, constabulary, cossack, county police, courser, cuirassier, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, dragoon, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, heavy dragoon, highway patrol, hussar, inspector, lance, lancer, law enforcement agency, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, military police, mounted policeman, narc, officer, patrolman, peace officer, police, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police force, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, political police, portreeve, posse, provincial police, reeve, riot police, roundsman, secret police, security force, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, shore patrol, spahi, special police, state police, superintendent, tactical police, tipstaff, tipstaves, troopers, uhlan, vigilance committee, vigilantes, war-horse
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Trooper, PA (CDP, FIPS 77520) Location: 40.14960 N, 75.39935 W Population (1990): 5137 (1777 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Trooper, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 6061 Housing Units (2000): 2107 Land area (2000): 2.379740 sq. miles (6.163497 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.379740 sq. miles (6.163497 sq. km) FIPS code: 77520 Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42 Location: 40.148845 N, 75.397170 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Trooper, PA Trooper
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